The Failure of a Project: Gezi Park and more
Last October, when the New Museum organized the first international IDEAS CITY Conference in Istanbul, the city’s immense beauty, cultural and historical significance, as well as its hyper-ambitious… Read more
What’s Art Got To Do With It?
Brazilianification is a term that was coined to describe the process in which the middle class disappears and the gulf between the upper and lower classes widens. On my recent trip to São Paulo (where… Read more
A Prompt for Architectural Theory
Following a lively exchange on the topic of networks during an IDEAS CITY: Istanbul panel, Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler closed with a jarring prompt. “Perhaps,” he considered aloud, “networks… Read more
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul Workshops or A Byzantine Experience
How to write about an event in another city when my memory has been interrupted by a devastating event in my own city? Is there a connection between out-of-control urban transformation in Istanbul and… Read more
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul—Tossing Adjectives
The New Museum took its movable project, IDEAS CITY, to Istanbul—invited there by the Istanbul Design Biennial and sponsored by Audi Urban Future Initiative. We hosted a keynote address by Amanda Burden,… Read more
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul or “How to obtain a building permit for Central Park?”
New York is a truly “global city” and Istanbul is rapidly becoming one as numerous figures indicate. Istanbul is one of the twenty most visited cities in the world, ranked ninth in terms of international… Read more
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul—Amanda Burden’s Keynote
As the design community descended upon Istanbul for its inaugural Design Biennial, the New Museum presented IDEAS CITY: Istanbul—a three-day conference exploring the future of cities around the globe… Read more
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul—Crossing the Bridge
He had appeared out of nowhere, observing me with squinted eyes. He started waving at me, agitatedly signaling that I should follow him. The Turkish flatbread seller was not thin so his entire body wobbled.… Read more
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